Poetry Contest for WNY Youth Grades 3 – 12 $400 in Prizes Deadline: May 15, 2014 Contest Theme: “What If … I Could Change One Thing” Let your imagination roam. What if you had the power to change something In your world, your community, your family, your self? What if. You. Could change. One thing? Type of writing: Must be poetry. May be of any style or length. Prizes: First place:$150 Senior High, $75 Middle School, $30 Elementary Second place: $75 Senior High, $50 Middle School, $20 Elementary Eligibility: Open to all youth grades 3 - 12 in Western New York (including homeschooled And tutored). One entry per student. Deadline for submissions:May 15, 2014. Judging Criteria: 1: How creatively has the writer used poetry to address the theme, “What If…I Could Change One Thing.” 2: To what degree does the writer inspire others on this topic? 3: Religious ideas may be present or absent; judging is based on the first two criteria. Send submissions to: St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 1475 Orchard Park Rd., West Seneca, NY 14224 (Attention: Pastor Hope); or by email: stpetersws@verizon.net. Awarding of prizes: Cash prizes and honorable mention certificates will be presented on Sunday, June 8, 2014, 10:00am at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, with newspaper reporters/photographers present. Teachers of awardees as well as parents are invited. More information: Contact Pastor Hope Harle-Mould at stpetersws@verizon.net or call him At 674-1233 (church).
Grades 3 – 12 $400 in Prizes Deadline: May 15, 2014
Contest Theme: “What If … I Could Change One Thing”
Let your imagination roam. What if you had the power to change something
In your world, your community, your family, your self?
What if. You. Could change. One thing?
Type of writing: Must be poetry. May be of any style or length.
Prizes: First place: $150 Senior High, $75 Middle School, $30 Elementary
Second place: $75 Senior High, $50 Middle School, $20 Elementary
Eligibility: Open to all youth grades 3 - 12 in Western New York (including homeschooled
And tutored). One entry per student.
Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2014.
Judging Criteria:
1: How creatively has the writer used poetry to address the theme, “What If…I Could
Change One Thing.”
2: To what degree does the writer inspire others on this topic?
3: Religious ideas may be present or absent; judging is based on the first two criteria.
Send submissions to: St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 1475 Orchard Park Rd., West
Seneca, NY 14224 (Attention: Pastor Hope); or by email: stpetersws@verizon.net.
Awarding of prizes: Cash prizes and honorable mention certificates will be presented on
Sunday, June 8, 2014, 10:00am at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, with newspaper reporters/photographers present. Teachers of awardees as well as parents are invited.
More information: Contact Pastor Hope Harle-Mould at stpetersws@verizon.net or call him
At 674-1233 (church).